To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane has generally received mixed reviews.
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Review of The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 11 May 1991
Review of The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 01 Aug 1996
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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane was released in 1990 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 269 reviews, giving The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) an average rating of 56%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 33%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Adventures of Ford Fairlane a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 56%, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1990, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1990 with similar scores include films like Lionheart, Hardware and 3 Men and a Little Lady.
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